Golf-club handle



' W. L. QUESTEL ET AL GOLF CLUB HANDLE Filed April 13, 1927 INVENTORPatented Nov. 22, 1927.

* UNITED STATES PATEyN-Tf OFFICE."

WILLIAM L. QUESTEL AND HUGH M. BHIND, OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TOTHE VULGAN LAST-COMPANY; OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

a I GOLF-CLUB HANDLE.

. Application filed April 13, 1927. 'Serial No. 183,313.

Our invention relates to golf clubs, and particularly to the coveringforthe upper end of the golf club shaft.

It is our object to provide the. hand end of the golf club shaftcompletely enclosed with leather.

It is our object to provide a golf club handle with an enclosing,one-piece leather cap whipped upon the leather cover. of the handle.

Referring to the drawings; Figure 1 is a side elevation of .the handle;Figure 2 is a section on the line 2 2 thereof; Figure 3 is a section onthe line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 is the wooden handle upon whichis wound a plurality of layers of resilient fabric 2-. Upon this fabriclayer is a spirally wound strip of leather 3. Over the end of the fabricand the leather strip 3 and the end'of the wooden handle 1 is mounted aone-piece leather cap consisting of an end portion 4 and a skirt portion5 having a tapered marginal edge 6 on which is whipped a thread 7 whichis wound around the tapered edge to attach with a smooth joint theone-piece cap to the handle.

It is thus possible to attach a smooth onepiece leather cap by a smoothjoint to the leather handle providing a handle which will not abrade thehands of the user. and which will, at the same time, provide a neat anddecorative appearance adapted to exclude moisture from getting inbetween the leather and fabric and the wooden handle. The leather 3 is.held in position by .this one-piece cap and its whipping 7. v

It will be understood that we desire to attaching. means consisting of awhipped thread binding the free margin of the cupshaped cap on theleather covering of the shaft.

2. In a golf club handle, a shaft, a resilient fabric wound onsaidshaft, a spirally wound leather cover on the handle of said shaft, aone-piece leather cap mounted as a cap over the end of said shaft andits cover, anda thread whipped aroundthe free edge ofsaid cap'to binditon said shaft and its leather cover, the said cap having a taperedmargin.

3. In a golf club handle, a shaft, a resilient fabric wound on saidshaft, a spirally wound-leather cover on the handle of said shaft, aone-piece leather capmounte'd as a cap overthe-end of said shaft and itscover,

and a thread whipped around the free edge of said cap to bind it on saidshaft and its leather cover,'said cap havinga tapered margin where thewhipping is mounted in order to provide a tapering surface from the capto the surface of the handle.

In testim tures.

ony whereof, we afiix our signa- WILLIAM L. QUESTEL. HUGH M. RHIND.

tach said cap (mum end of the handle, said I

